The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 7 V.S.A. § 702)
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§ 702. Prohibited acts by manufacturer or certificate of approval holder
A manufacturer or certificate of approval holder shall not do any of the following:
(1) Induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, any wholesale dealer to accept delivery
of any alcoholic beverage, any form of advertisement, or any other commodity, that
was not ordered by the wholesale dealer.
(2) Induce or coerce, or attempt to induce or coerce, any wholesale dealer to do any illegal
act or thing by threatening to cancel or terminate the wholesale dealer’s malt beverages,
vinous beverages, or ready-to-drink spirits beverages franchise agreement.
(3) Fail or refuse to deliver promptly to a wholesale dealer after the receipt of its
order any malt beverages, vinous beverages, or ready-to-drink spirits beverages when
the product is available for immediate sale. If a manufacturer or certificate of approval
holder believes in good faith that it does not have a sufficient amount of a product
available for immediate sale to satisfy the demand of a wholesale dealer and its other
customers, it shall allocate the available product between the wholesale dealer and
its other customers in a fair and equitable manner.
(4) Require a wholesale dealer to agree to any condition, stipulation, or provision limiting
the wholesale dealer’s rights to sell the product of another manufacturer or certificate
of approval holder. (Added 1975, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1983, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2017, No. 83, § 122; 2017, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2019; 2021, No. 177 (Adj. Sess.), § 32, eff. July 1, 2022.)